When I put my stick antenna from my III Pilot on my 196 it locks much faster
and the signal strength of the satellites is almost double per satellite.
Time to lock is reduced to half of the original mfr provided stick.

External antenna works fine.

I intend to call Garmin before warranty runs out and return the original
antenna for a replacement.

Ron A.


"Mike Z." wrote in message
hlink.net...
I appreciate the attempts to cure the problem. Interestingly enough, the
little cheapy is the one that had been off for weeks and
locked the first try in 30 seconds. The 196 had been on with a 3D fix a
couple times for 15-30 minutes for sure.....

Any actual 196 users want to weigh in.

Mike Z

"Nathan Young" wrote in message
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..stuff snipped

A better comparison would be to leave both GPSs on for several hours,
then switch the GPSs off, then try the lock time comparison.

-Nathan